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bille
"According to the ancient Greek epic, Ulysses set out to rescue members
of his crew who were suffering from amnesia, having been drugged by the
goddess Circe with an anticholinergic agent. On the way,
Ulysses encountered the god Hermes who took the form of a young man
in a forest. Hermes gave Ulysses a medicine to protect him from Circe's
mind-altering drugs and act as an antidote for the poisoned crew
because it contained a cholinergic substance. The medicine came from a
plant that had a black root and a milky-white flower. It is believed to
be a reference to a tiny plant called a snowdrop, a type of daffodil,
probably containing galantamine. With the help of the antidote, Ulysses
was able to help his crew retrieve their memories and set back on their
journey.
Dual Mode of Action
Greek myths aside, today it is known that people with AD are deficient
in a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine, which is important to
learning and memory. Galantamine is thought to affect the brain's levels
of this chemical in two ways. Like other treatments, galantamine inhi-
bits the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which is responsible for the break-
down of acetylcholine. However, unlike other treatments, it is thought
that galantamine may also act on the brain's nicotinic receptors to fur-
ther enhance the release of acetylcholine.
Clinical studies have consistently shown that galantamine produces signi-
ficant and sustained benefits in memory, attention and decision-making
abilities, as well as in activities of daily living (including patients'
abilities to wash, feed and dress themselves). In fact, research has
shown that these benefits are sustained for at least one year. As a re-
sult, patients treated with galantamine may be better able to maintain
language use, attention span, and shortterm memory recall, as well as
understand their surroundings. "
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Sorry to change the subject, but there was a thread about MSM in which
someone said something about deaths occuring from it's use. My software
seems to be limiting me to replying only to the letter which is open and not
to the group.
Could you please ask the group about MSM for me. I would greatly appreciate
any help you could give me.
Bonnie
HalleluYah!
Hi Bonnie,
You can always highlight this:
Organic Gardening Discussion List
And then try Ctrl.N which brings up a new window, where you can type in your own subject line.
Not that this answered your question! What email software do you use? Eudora is very good.
Carol
> ( hope "Rich Text" is ok w/ everybody)
> bille
Couldn't see any Rich Text, came out as ordinary email.
I am drowning in Snow drops. AD is what? I suppose if I start eating my snowdrops in toto, I will get smarter?
Carol
Thanks Carol. I hope I can find out about MSM though.
Bonnie
HalleluYah!
> I am drowning in Snow drops. AD is what? I suppose if I start eating my
snowdrops in toto, I will get smarter?
> Carol
Do not overdo it or it is also poisonous and lethal.
John
Carol Jensen wrote:
Or maybe deader!!
Something to be approached ony with cautuin and knowledge I understand.
I ma interested in how early your snodrops seem to flower. I grow a
number of species and the only two I have which flower in autumn or
early winter are
G regiae-Olgae and G caucasius. All my other ones, including the common
niveus, don't appear until about July or even August (Jan /Feb to you)
Moira
--
Tony & Moira Ryan
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
I can make certain next time they blossom, but I believe it is January if the weather is warm and otherwise February carrying over to March. It is still cold weather. They are the very first, then comes the yellow one.
Carol
